Earl Godwin and His Three Sons, Parts 1 and 2

Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Michael Drayton, and Robert Wilson (1598)

Part I: March 1598
Part 2: May to June 1598

Historical Records

Payments to Playwrights (Henslowe's Diary)

F. 45 (Greg I.85)

layd owt for the company to bye a boocke of mr drayton }
& mr dickers mr chettell & mr willsone wch is called } iiijll
goodwine & iij sones fower powndes in pte of paymet the }
25 of marche 1598 in Redey mony J saye . . . . . . . . }



lent vnto the companye the 30 of marche 1598 }
in full paymente for the boocke of goodwine & } xxxxs
his iij sonnes I saye lent . . . . . . . . . . }



F. 45v (Greg I.86)

lent vnto mr cheattell & mr dickers the }
6 of aprell 1598 vpon ther boocke of goodwine } xxs
the 2 pt the some of . . . . . . . . . . }



F. 46 (Greg I.87)

lent vnto thomas dowton the 6 of June 1598 }
to leand vnto drayton J saye leante . . . . . } xs
. . . . . . . . . . . . For the 2 pt of goodwine . . . }



lent vnto the company the 10 of June 1598 }
to paye vnto mr drayton willson dickers & }
cheattell in full paymente of the second pte } ls
of goodwine ls as foloweth drayton 30s & }
willson xs & cheattell xs some is . . . . . . . }



Payments for Properties (Henslowe's Diary)

F. 45v (Greg I.86)

Lent vnto thomas dowton the 11 of aprell 1598 to }
bye tafitie to macke a Rochet for the beshoppe } xxiiijs
in earlle goodwine . . . . . . . . . . }



F. 46v (Greg I.88)

lent vnto Thomas dowton the 26 of June 1598 }
to by satten to macke ij dubleattes for the 2 pte } vll
of goodwine the some of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . }



F. 47 (Greg I.89)

lent vnto Thomas dowton the 27 of June 1598 }
to bye dyvers thinges for the 2 pte of goodwin } xxxs



Henslowe Papers

Greg, Papers, 121: Under Henslowe's title, A Note of all suche bookes as belong to the Stocke, and such as I have bought since the 3d of March 1598, is:

Blacke Jonne. . . . . . . Woman will have her will.
The Umers. Welchmans price.
Hardicanewtes. King Arthur, life and death.
Borbonne. 1 pt of Hercules,
Sturglaterey 2 pte of Hercoles.
Brunhowlle. Pethagores.
Cobler quen hive. Focasse.
Frier Pendelton. Elexadner and Lodwicke.
Alls Perce. Blacke Battman.
Read Cappe. 2 p. black Battman.
Roben Hode, 1. 2 pt of Goodwine.
Roben Hode, 2. Mad mans morris.
Phayeton. Perce of Winchester.
Treangell cockowlls. Vayvode.
Goodwine.



Theatrical Provenance

Performed at the Rose by the Admiral's men in the spring to summer of 1598.


Probable Genre(s)

History (Harbage).


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Critical Commentary

Greg (2.192) suggests there may have been some connection to the lost "Hardicanute" play of

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